Sound Recorder of Windows records the sound for up to three hours per recording file, so the meeting of a whole day is split into several files.
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Recording of several hours to show notes in English
Recording of several hours to show notes in English: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
What the Long recording stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the show notes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into show notes
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Split the recording
The recording of the Sound Recorder of Windows is stopped and started again every three hours, and the files are kept one by one
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Hand the file over
The file of the Recording of several hours is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the show notes.
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Run the instruction of the show notes
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Recording of several hours as the producer of the episode, and the show notes comes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes.
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Name the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this Recording of several hours is in English, and the widget carries that setting for the show notes.
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Check the file before the upload
The file of the Sound Recorder of Windows holds up to three hours of the sound
What comes back from the engine
- TXT
One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.
- TXT, CSV
The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.
- SRT, VTT
SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.
- Markdown, DOCX
The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.
What Long recording keeps, and what it says about it
The memory of the VoiceTracer holds 2147 h of MP3 at 8 kbps, 536 h at 32 kbps, 134 h at 128 kbps, 53 h at 320 kbps and 12 h of PCM at 44.1 kHz/16 bit.
Google Drive keeps any file type, and every file of the account except the documents and the images has a limit of up to 5 TB.
The length of the recording of the VoiceTracer depends on the format and on the quality: 2147 h of MP3 at 8 kbps and 24 h of PCM at 22 kHz/16 bit.
The file of the Sound Recorder of Windows holds up to three hours of the sound.
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
The case
What the recording does not give you
Before the show notes there is the file of the Recording of several hours. Sound Recorder of Windows records the sound for up to three hours per recording file, so the meeting of a whole day is split into several files. The English speech is read once, and the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes are written from it.
Tips
The instruction of the show notes is already written.
A recording of the Recording of several hours in English is read as English.
A file over 30 minutes has to be cut into parts; the Pro plan takes a recording of any length.
The app of Windows writes up to three hours per recording file, so a longer talk is written as several files.
Questions about Recording of several hours and show notes
Which problems can come with the Recording of several hours?
Google Drive keeps any file type, and every file of the account except the documents and the images has a limit of up to 5 TB. The engine does not change the file of the Recording of several hours; it reads it as it is and writes the show notes.
What does the Long recording say about the Recording of several hours?
The app of Windows writes up to three hours per recording file, so a longer talk is written as several files. The engine reads the English speech of the Recording of several hours and writes the show notes from that text.
How is the show notes built from the Recording of several hours?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the show notes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes; every line comes from the transcript of the Recording of several hours.
Is there a limit to the length of the Recording of several hours?
One file of the Recording of several hours may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the Recording of several hours?
Bring the file of the Recording of several hours to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the show notes with the time of every line.
Related pages
- The same task on long recording to text voice memo to todo ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Podcast episode to show notesThe page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.
- Transcribe audio to textWhat the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.
Sources
- SMicrosoft Support: Sound Recorder app for Windows FAQ (read 2026-10-25)support.microsoft.com · checked
- WPhilips: VoiceTracer audio recorder DVT4110 and DVT4115 (read 2026-10-25)www.dictation.philips.com · checked
- SGoogle Drive Help: Files you can store in Google Drive (read 2026-10-25)support.google.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
Reading: 4 minutesUpdated Transcribsi editorial team
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Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.
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